Johnson v. California Forensic Medical Group, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RANDALL SCOTT JOHNSON No. 2:19-cv-1722 JAM DB DECEASED, etc., et al., 12 Plaintiffs, 13 ORDER 14 v. 15 CITY OF REDDING, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 On October 9, 2020, this matter came before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 19 302(c)(1) for hearing of plaintiff’s motion to compel. (ECF No. 27.) Attorney Teresa Allen 20 appeared via Zoom on behalf of plaintiffs and attorney Cameren Ripoli appeared via Zoom on 21 behalf of defendants. Oral argument was heard and plaintiffs’ motion was taken under 22 submission. 23 This action concerns claims alleged pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and California law 24 against the City of Redding, City of Redding Police officers, Shasta County Sheriff’s deputies, 25 and Shasta County Jail staff stemming from decedent Randall Scott Johnson’s arrest on August 26 14, 2018, and subsequent suicide on August 16, 2018, while incarcerated at the Shasta County 27 Jail. (Compl. (ECF No. 1) at 9-26.) Plaintiffs seeks to compel…